Meløy Church

Meløy Church
Meløy kirke
View of the church
66°49′25″N 13°24′23″E / 66.82349082°N 13.40649605°E / 66.82349082; 13.40649605
LocationMeløy Municipality, Nordland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded14th century
Consecrated23 July 1867
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)H.A. Mosling and
J.W. Nordan
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1867 (1867)
Specifications
Capacity600
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseSør-Hålogaland
DeaneryBodø domprosti
ParishFore og Meløy
TypeChurch
StatusAutomatically protected

Meløy Church (Norwegian: Meløy kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Meløy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Meløy on the island of Meløya. It is one of the churches for the Fore og Meløy parish which is part of the Bodø domprosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1867 using plans drawn up by the architects Håkon Mosling and Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 600 people, making it the second-largest wooden church in all of Northern Norway (after Vågan Church, the so-called Lofoten Cathedral).